abadesa

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Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abadesa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abades̺a/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -es̺a
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de‧sa

Noun

abadesa anim

  1. abbess

Declension

Declension of abadesa (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive abadesa abadesa abadesak
ergative abadesak abadesak abadesek
dative abadesari abadesari abadesei
genitive abadesaren abadesaren abadesen
comitative abadesarekin abadesarekin abadesekin
causative abadesarengatik abadesarengatik abadesengatik
benefactive abadesarentzat abadesarentzat abadesentzat
instrumental abadesaz abadesaz abadesez
inessive abadesarengan abadesarengan abadesengan
locative — — —
allative abadesarengana abadesarengana abadesengana
terminative abadesarenganaino abadesarenganaino abadesenganaino
directive abadesarenganantz abadesarenganantz abadesenganantz
destinative abadesarenganako abadesarenganako abadesenganako
ablative abadesarengandik abadesarengandik abadesengandik
partitive abadesarik — —
prolative abadesatzat — —

Related terms

Further reading

  • "abadesa" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “abadesa” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Fala

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish abadesa.

Pronunciation

Noun

abadesa f (plural abadesas, masculine abad, masculine plural abadis)

  1. (Valverdeñu) abbess, female equivalent of abad (“abbot”)

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadessa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissā (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”) + -issa (“-ess”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈdesa/
  • Rhymes: -esa
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de‧sa

Noun

abadesa f (plural abadesas)

  1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

Related terms

References

  • “abadessa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “abadessa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “abadesa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “abadesa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Further reading

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abadesa.

Pronunciation

Noun

abadesa

  1. abbess

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish abbadesa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈdesa/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧de‧sa

Noun

abadesa f (plural abadesas)

  1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Basque: abadesa
  • → Hiligaynon: abadesa
  • → Tagalog: abadesa

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abadesa, from Old Spanish abbadesa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

abadesa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇᜒᜐ) (Christianity)

  1. abbess
    Synonym: abad

Related terms

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 1
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